Definition of sousaphone
: a large circular tuba that has a flared adjustable bell — compare helicon
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Dozens of monochromatically clad dancers joined Bey, along with a drumline with sousaphone and trombone players.
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In an interview this week, Mr. Jaffe, 47, Preservation Hall’s creative director, said his band’s signature sousaphone was returned on Monday.
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Ben Jaffe in happier times with his Mario Corso sousaphone, now missing, during a Preservation Hall Jazz Band tour last year.
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Jaffe's sousaphone tuba, manufactured by Mario Corso, is boldly marked with the name Preservation Hall on the bell.
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Purrazzo played piano and percussive instruments while Wcislo played tuba and sousaphone and was also a choir member.
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Songs in Guadeloupean Creole backed by blues guitar and sousaphone.
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And all Kerr needs to sing the praises of Klay is a little background music: a guitar, banjo, sitar or sousaphone will do.
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A sousaphone plays mournfully in its lowest register, while a man whistles robin calls, and two people chat conspiratorially.
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Origin and Etymology of sousaphone
John Philip Sousa
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Definition of sousaphone for Students
: a large circular tuba designed to rest on the player's shoulder and used chiefly in marching bands
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